EPA Climate Rule Likely to Spur Renewable Jobs Growth

The United States has increased its solar capacity 20-fold under the Obama administration.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about climate change during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 3, 2015. President Obama announced a major climate change plan aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's coal-burning power plants. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

“This is really such an incredibly wicked cool moment,” EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said during a press conference Monday, Aug. 3, to announce that the Clean Power Plan had arrived.

Just before introducing President Barack Obama, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief that after six years of hard work by many people, the president could finally introduce the plan.

The solar industry has been creating jobs 10 times faster than the rest of the economy.